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Sort of news involving Bilbo casting at SciFi Wire:
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Be afraid! Be very afraid!
![]() ![]() (Well, maybe not very afraid since it's verrrrrrry unlikely). But in the Sydney Morning Herald: Quote:
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Sep 2003
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I pretty much see Tom Cruise as Bard. But I would like Hugh Jackman better for that role.
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Join Date: May 2004
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It isn't going to be a very long bow if Cruise plays the bowman ...
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Well, hey. They won't have to do as much forced perspective
if he's Bilbo. ![]()
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How in God's name can anyone imagine him as the tough Bard? The only bard possible for him to play is Cacofonix!
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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I have to agree on the negative comments on Daniel Radcliffe as Bilbo. As mentioned above, he has improved--in the last film, he shows a sort of fatalistic, wry humor with respect to his manipulation by Dumbledore. But still he is too much on the serious side to the point where I don't see how he could play the (eventually) free spirited but very shrewd Bilbo.
One has to be a bit worried about the film as a whole to the extent that PJ still exercises a big role. The Hobbit has always suffered in comparison to the LOTR in its relative lack of grander historical substance. We have already seen PJ's penchant for cutesy scenes (e.g., with the dwarf Gimli), so I would be worried that the cutesy aspects of The Hobbit will dominate. Also, LOTR (the movie) suffered from too much focus on the battle scenes, so one has to wonder whether that last battle of the Five Armies will take up half of the movie. All in all, this calls for a much subtler treatment of the historical context. There is the eviction of Sauron from Dol Goldur, but there is not quite enough substance there from Tolkien, so this needs to be just one element in a broader textured tale that includes the travels of Aragorn perhaps, and a more complete treatment of his relationship in the earlier years with Arwen, and the machinations of Saruman with the White Council as both he and Sauron search for the Ring...
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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So much for DT quashing rumours he's been cast in The Hobbit at Comic Con. Not very long afterwards he was reported as havign auditioned for a 'major' film and having been really terrified about it, and right afterwards Ian McK made his announcement that fans would be 'very pleased'...Tennant also has little else lined up for him once he wraps Doctor Who and the couple of episodes of the Sarah Jane Adventures that he will be doing.
I'm convinced it's going to be him. However I'm still 100% behind Martin Freeman for the role of Bilbo, he'd be perfect. If Tom Cruise shows his mug in the films then there's no humanity left in the world. And Daniel Radcliffe is more wooden than a B&Q superstore, so no thanks. Also no thanks for James McAvoy who I think is fab, but not right for the part. Another extremely strong story circulating is that Richard Armitage has been auditioned for the role of Bard. ![]()
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